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Hi, talking of chipset, can you tell me if processor is tied to chipset. The i7 cpu I have came with a Z75 motherboard, just wondering if I can use a H61 chipset board, as they seem available. I understand about socket being same, but not sure over chipset. Thanks

Hi, talking of chipset, can you tell me if processor is tied to chipset. The i7 cpu I have came with a Z75 motherboard, just wondering if I can use a H61 chipset board, as they seem available. I understand about socket being same, but not sure over chipset. Thanks

Can you link to the board model your looking at, the difference between the h and z chipsets is the z has features like ocing unlocked cpus, more advanced bios features ect. The h is basically get a non k sku like your i7 and throw it in and just do work. No bells, no whistles.

Ok to swap hard drive to test pc?Is it ok to swap a hard drive from an Acer laptop to a Gateway? Just to to test if the Gateway's problem is the hard drive? Will that cause problems? Will it ruin the hard drive to try?

Hardware & Devices

No hot swap WDI have a WD2001AWSS, firmware 01.00101, that I was able to hot swap a few times and now it will not hot swap. Two other drives will hot swap on the same equipment.
(esata attached Antec Varis external enclosure and Cable Unlimited docking station)
To mount this drive I must reboot with the...

Hardware & Devices

Anyone with a HD 5850 run a test on Passmark performance test?Hi Guys,
Just recently got a Powercolor HD 5850 gpu , and have ran a test on the latest Passmark performance test benchmarking software.
It seems about right on the 3d score with around 2200
But the 2d score is very low at around 320
Is this normal?

Graphic Cards

Proccessor CompatibilityI just found out you can buy copies of Snow Leopard that can install on Windows. It said something about making sure your processor is compatible. How would i check if its compatible with OS X Snow Leopard (10.6)